Accession No

5704

Brief Description

botanical wall chart depicting Campanula patula plant and flowers, by George Henslow, English, mid-19th Century to early 20th Century

Origin

England; Cambridge

Maker

Henslow, George

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

1858

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 370mm; height 795mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, in 06/2008. On loan from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, from 01/1994.

Inscription

‘CAMPANULA PATULA
LITH. J.F. SCHREIBER, ESSLINGEN BEI STUTTGART.’ (bottom)

Description Notes

Diagrams depicting Campanula patula: plant and flowers. Seven diagrams. They are all printed in colour. They are labelled from ‘e’ to ‘i’, ‘k’, and ‘l’. The inscription is stencilled and printed at the bottom of the chart. Reference numbers are in the bottom left and top left corners.

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